Khusanov’s four minutes of terror on his City debut

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Pep Guardiola surprised by starting two of the players who recently arrived at Manchester City in the winter market against Chelsea: Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush.

The Uzbek centre-back, signed from Lens in exchange for 50 million euros, will not have good memories of his Premier League debut. Quite the opposite: he starred in four terrifying minutes.

Chelsea’s 0-1 draw was his ‘signature’. This is how they read it. Khusanov failed to head the ball to Ederson. The Uzbek fell short and gave the goal on a plate to Nico Jackson who, in turn, gave way for Madueke to score into an empty net.

His nerves played tricks on him again just a minute later. He failed in his attempt to combine the ball with Kovacic, Cole Palmer was robbed and he had no choice but to knock him down. John Brooks didn’t hesitate either. Yellow. The Uzbek needs to improve…

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